| Skydiving
Teacher With Name Forged Sued US Parachute
Association & Wants Discovery Stay
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Sept 14 – Yuri Garmashov was a
skydiving instructor certified
by the US Parachute
Association when his signature
was forged for a jump that
resulted in death. He was
de-certified by USPA, and he
sued.
On January 31, U.S. District
Court for the Southern
District of New York Judge
John G. Koeltl held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
The case
was first filed in California,
then dismissed without
prejudice to see if the
parties could settle. They had
not.
Then they did -
almost. On June 1, 2022, Judge
Koetlt held another
conference, and Inner City
Press again covered it.
Garmashov's
lawyer said he had a binding
settlement, $150,000 and an
agreement about
membership; he
said the talk
had turned to
a W-9 and wire
instructions.
The
Association's lawyer
disagreed.
Garmashov's
lawyer countered that a
criminal case against the name
who allegedly used Garmashov's
signature, if resulting in
plea or conviction, could
change things. Judge Koeltl
said it would take him some
time to rule on a motion, and
marveled that this case would
proceed to trial. In the end,
it emerged there was no court
reporter on the line.
Jump cut to
September 14, 2022, when a
joint letter was filed with
Magistrate Judge Ona T. Wang,
recounting a defense-only then
plaintiff-only settlement
call. The defense has serve a
notice of deposition, while
the plaintiff presumed
discovery is stayed.
The case is
Garmashov v. United States
Parachute Association, Inc.,
21-cv-4917 (Koeltl
Wang)
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